Canyon conditions impact carbon flows in food webs of three sections of the Nazaré canyon

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2461-2476

  Van Oevelen, Dick ^a   Soetaert, Karline ^a   Garcia, R ^b,c   de Stigter, Henko C ^d   Cunha, Marina R ^e   Pusceddu, Antonio ^f   Danovaro, Roberto ^f  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Benthos; Carbon processing; Food web; Linear inverse model; Nazar canyon; Organic matter; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHOS; FOOD WEB; LINEAR INVERSE MODEL; RESPIRATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DATA HANDLING; ECOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ACCRETION; BENTHOS; CANOPY; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD WEB; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEIOFAUNA; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTE; RESPIRATION; RESUSPENSION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CANYON; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAZARE CANYON;

HOLOTHUROIDEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 80053961227     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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